Example sentences of "i [verb] [pn reflx] from the " in BNC.

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1 I shift myself from the mirror to the window , to see what she does .
2 Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’
3 As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears .
4 It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years .
5 I raised myself from the bunk slowly .
6 I freed myself from the antiquated strait jacket of his verbose speech patterns .
7 All this happened in the twinkling of an eye and just as quickly I extricated myself from the upholstered prison , scraped up my hat and tried to bash it back into shape as I hobbled to retrieve a far-flung shoe .
8 I distance myself from the position and policies of the president .
9 I distance myself from the position and the policy of the President and advocate his immediate resignation [ and ] the handing over of power to a collective body , the Federation Council . "
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